diff --git a/src/button/button.c b/src/button/button.c
index 059b060..7e1dc59 100644
--- a/src/button/button.c
+++ b/src/button/button.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ int button_compute_desired_size(void *obj)
                            strlen(button->backend->text),
                            PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR,
                            PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE,
+                           button->backend->centered ? PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER : PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT,
                            FALSE,
                            panel->scale);
         } else {
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ int button_compute_desired_size(void *obj)
                            strlen(button->backend->text),
                            PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR,
                            PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE,
+                           button->backend->centered ? PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER : PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT,
                            FALSE,
                            panel->scale);
         }
@@ -380,6 +382,7 @@ gboolean resize_button(void *obj)
                        strlen(button->backend->text),
                        PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR,
                        PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE,
+                       button->backend->centered ? PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER : PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT,
                        FALSE,
                        panel->scale);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/execplugin/execplugin.c b/src/execplugin/execplugin.c
index 5e9b252..c52c8b5 100644
--- a/src/execplugin/execplugin.c
+++ b/src/execplugin/execplugin.c
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ void execp_compute_icon_text_geometry(Execp *execp,
                    strlen(execp->backend->text),
                    PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR,
                    PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE,
+                   execp->backend->centered ? PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER : PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT,
                    execp->backend->has_markup,
                    panel->scale);
 
diff --git a/src/taskbar/taskbar.c b/src/taskbar/taskbar.c
index 78eb268..362b686 100644
--- a/src/taskbar/taskbar.c
+++ b/src/taskbar/taskbar.c
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ void init_taskbar_panel(void *p)
                    5,
                    PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR,
                    PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_END,
+                   panel->g_task.centered ? PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER : PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT,
                    FALSE,
                    panel->scale);
 
diff --git a/src/taskbar/taskbarname.c b/src/taskbar/taskbarname.c
index c351b1a..dc95d85 100644
--- a/src/taskbar/taskbarname.c
+++ b/src/taskbar/taskbarname.c
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ int taskbarname_compute_desired_size(void *obj)
                    strlen(taskbar_name->name),
                    PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR,
                    PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE,
+                   PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER,
                    FALSE,
                    panel->scale);
 
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ gboolean resize_taskbarname(void *obj)
                    strlen(taskbar_name->name),
                    PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR,
                    PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE,
+                   PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER,
                    FALSE,
                    panel->scale);
 
diff --git a/src/util/area.c b/src/util/area.c
index dbcbc1f..61dc4c8 100644
--- a/src/util/area.c
+++ b/src/util/area.c
@@ -947,6 +947,7 @@ void area_compute_text_geometry(Area *area,
                        strlen(line1),
                        PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR,
                        PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE,
+                       PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER,
                        FALSE,
                        ((Panel*)area->panel)->scale);
     else
@@ -962,6 +963,7 @@ void area_compute_text_geometry(Area *area,
                        strlen(line2),
                        PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR,
                        PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE,
+                       PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER,
                        FALSE,
                        ((Panel*)area->panel)->scale);
     else
diff --git a/src/util/common.c b/src/util/common.c
index 37e361c..5116aa3 100644
--- a/src/util/common.c
+++ b/src/util/common.c
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ void get_text_size(const PangoFontDescription *font,
                    int text_len,
                    PangoWrapMode wrap,
                    PangoEllipsizeMode ellipsis,
+                   PangoAlignment alignment,
                    gboolean markup,
                    double scale)
 {
@@ -951,6 +952,7 @@ void get_text_size(const PangoFontDescription *font,
     PangoLayout *layout = pango_layout_new(context);
     pango_layout_set_width(layout, available_width * PANGO_SCALE);
     pango_layout_set_height(layout, available_height * PANGO_SCALE);
+    pango_layout_set_alignment(layout, alignment);
     pango_layout_set_wrap(layout, wrap);
     pango_layout_set_ellipsize(layout, ellipsis);
     pango_layout_set_font_description(layout, font);
@@ -982,38 +984,41 @@ void get_text_size2(const PangoFontDescription *font,
                     int text_len,
                     PangoWrapMode wrap,
                     PangoEllipsizeMode ellipsis,
+                    PangoAlignment alignment,
                     gboolean markup,
                     double scale)
 {
-    get_text_size(font, height, width, available_height, available_width, text, text_len, wrap, ellipsis, markup, scale);
+    get_text_size(font, height, width, available_height, available_width, text, text_len, wrap, ellipsis, alignment, markup, scale);
 
     // We do multiple passes, because pango sucks
     int actual_height, actual_width, overflow = 0;
     while (true) {
-        get_text_size(font, &actual_height, &actual_width, *height, *width, text, text_len, wrap, ellipsis, markup, scale);
+        get_text_size(font, &actual_height, &actual_width, *height, *width, text, text_len, wrap, ellipsis, alignment, markup, scale);
         if (actual_height <= *height)
             break;
-        if (*width >= available_width + 50)
+        if (*width >= available_width)
             break;
         overflow = 1;
-        fprintf(stderr, "tint2: text overflows, recomputing: available %dx%d, computed %dx%d, actual %dx%d\n",
+        fprintf(stderr, "tint2: text overflows, recomputing: available %dx%d, computed %dx%d, actual %dx%d: %s\n",
                 available_width,
                 available_height,
                 *width,
                 *height,
                 actual_width,
-                actual_height);
+                actual_height,
+                text);
         (*width)++;
     }
     if (overflow) {
         *height = actual_height;
-        fprintf(stderr, "tint2: text final size computed as: available %dx%d, computed %dx%d, actual %dx%d\n",
+        fprintf(stderr, "tint2: text final size computed as: available %dx%d, computed %dx%d, actual %dx%d: %s\n",
                 available_width,
                 available_height,
                 *width,
                 *height,
                 actual_width,
-                actual_height);
+                actual_height,
+                text);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util/common.h b/src/util/common.h
index a06fcd6..a9454b6 100644
--- a/src/util/common.h
+++ b/src/util/common.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ void get_text_size2(const PangoFontDescription *font,
                     int text_len,
                     PangoWrapMode wrap,
                     PangoEllipsizeMode ellipsis,
+                    PangoAlignment alignment,
                     gboolean markup,
                     double scale);